I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

Quote by Alison Bechdel

Topics: Confession Quotes

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking...

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking...

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.